Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] kbuild: deb-pkg: use Debian compliant shebang for debian/rules

[Nicolas Schier]

On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 09:19:25PM +0900 Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Debian Policy "4.9. Main building script: debian/rules" requires
> "debian/rules must start with the line #!/usr/bin/make -f". [1]
> 
> Currently, Kbuild does not follow this policy.
> 
> When Kbuild generates debian/rules, "#!$(command -v $MAKE) -f" is
> expanded by shell. The resuling string may not be "#!/usr/bin/make -f".
> 
> There was a reason to opt out the Debian policy.
> 
> If you run '/path/to/my/custom/make deb-pkg', debian/rules must also be
> invoked by the same Make program. If #!/usr/bin/make were hard-coded in
> debian/rules, the sub-make would be executed by a possibly different
> Make version.
> 
> This is problematic due to the MAKEFLAGS incompatibility, especially the
> job server flag. Old Make versions used --jobserver-fds to propagate job
> server file descriptors, but Make >= 4.2 uses --jobserver-auth. The flag
> disagreement between the parent/child Makes would result in a process
> fork explosion.
> 
> However, having a non-standard path in the shebang causes another issue;
> the generated source package is not portable as such a path does not
> exist in other build environments.
> 
> This commit solves those conflicting demands.
> 
> Hard-code '#!/usr/bin/make -f' in debian/rules to create a portable and
> Debian-compliant source package.
> 
> Pass '--rules-file=$(MAKE) -f debian/rules' when dpkg-buildpackage is
> invoked from Makefile so that debian/rules is executed by the same Make
> program as used to start Kbuild.
> 
> [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#main-building-script-debian-rules
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>

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